Antimicrobial stewardship: knowledge, perceptions, and factors associated with antibiotics misuse among consumer’s visiting the community pharmacies in a Nigeria Southwestern State

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the respondents (n = 509)

Demographic factors	Variables	Frequency	Percentage
Gender	Male	258	50.7
Gender	Female	251	49.3
Age group (years)	18–30	374	73.5
	31–40	88	17.3
	41–50	30	5.9
	≥ 51	17	3.3
Educational level	No formal education	2	0.4
	Primary education	6	1.2
	Secondary education	77	15.1
	Tertiary education	424	83.3
Occupation	Professional	96	18.9
	Public/civil servant	34	6.7
	Artisan	40	7.9
	Business personnel	99	19.4
	Farmer	7	1.4
	Student	169	33.2
	Unemployed	64	12.6
Marital Status	Single	384	75.4
	Married	120	23.6
	Divorced	2	0.4
	Separated	3	0.6
Residence	Rural	109	21.4
Residence	Urban	400	78.6
Proximity of your house to the pharmacy	Very near	86	16.9
	Relatively near	123	24.2
	Not too far	175	34.4
	Far	125	24.6
Ethnicity	Yoruba	442	86.8
	Hausa	8	1.6
	Igbo	34	6.7
	Others	25	4.9

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